UK ‘unlikely to reopen foreign travel to major European resorts until August’
Britain is unlikely to reopen overseas travel to the major European holiday destinations until the beginning of August, UK ambassadors have warned.
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TOURISM
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UK NEWS 
June 15, 2021 UK unemployment rate drops again as firms hire more staff
UK unemployment fell for the fourth month in a row in April as businesses took on more staff in response to the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions.
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GREEKS ABROAD
June 15, 2021 Adoptions of Greeks in America – From Nafpaktos to Tennessee
In 2017, Linda Carol Forrest Trotter from Tennessee, after a searching trip and after her adoptive parents had died, discovered her biological mother, in Nafpaktos. Since then she has not left Greece, which she has visited 27 times.
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CYPRUS
June 15, 2021 Cyprus Health Minister issues decree prohibiting arrivals from India with exemptions
Cyprus’ Health Minister issued a new decree on Monday according to which any person who in the last 14 days prior to travelling to Cyprus resided on was in transit in India is not allowed to enter the Cyprus Republic. Certain exemptions are in place for Cypriot citizens, people with permanent residency etc, but they […]
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EUROPE
June 15, 2021 Infrastructure dispute reveals deep divisions in Europe over gas
The EU’s 27 energy ministers on Friday (11 June) came to an uneasy compromise on the revision of EU rules covering investments in cross-border energy infrastructure, the so-called TEN-E regulation. The fraught debate sets an unwelcome precedent for future debates over gas.
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HISTORY
June 15, 2021 15 June 2021: This day in history
763 BC Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history 1215 King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede, near Windsor, England 1775 George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, the day after Congress establishes the force 1896 Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku, Japan; 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured and 13,000 houses […]
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SPORTS
June 14, 2021 French Open done and dusted, Djokovic on track for calendar Slam
PARIS (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic has a real shot at becoming the first man in more than 50 years to win all four Grand Slam titles in a calendar year after the Serb added the French Open to his Australian Open title on Sunday, seven-times major winner Mats Wilander said.© Reuters/Susan Mullane Tennis: French Open
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UK NEWS
June 14, 2021 President breaches typical royal protocol by revealing Queen quizzed him about Putin and Xi Jinping
In a breach of royal protocol, President Joe Biden revealed the contents of his meeting with the Queen to the media on Sunday evening.
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WORLD
June 14, 2021 Netanyahu Ousted as Israeli Parliament Votes in New Government
JERUSALEM — The long and divisive reign of Benjamin Netanyahu, the dominant Israeli politician of the past generation, officially ended on Sunday night, at least for the time being, as the country’s Parliament gave its vote of confidence to a precarious coalition government stitched together by widely disparate anti-Netanyahu forces.
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POLITICS
June 14, 2021 Boris Johnson to urge Nato to address security challenge from China
Boris Johnson will on Monday urge fellow Nato leaders to address the growing security challenge posed by China, as members of the military alliance gather in person for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
